5/11/2004 - Brewers (Sheets) vs. Expos (L. Hernandez)

[brewcrewkid14]

Oh no, I think what we didn't want to happen tonight is happening right now. So far through 5 innings we only have 4 hits and NO runs. Let's hope we can support Sheets.

[Frank Mallon]

anyone know what sheets pitch count is after 6?

[scoop53714]

In honor of the Friends finale........

 

Could this game BE any more boring?

[nikip43]

If Ginter is very hard to stike out...we must be facing some very good pitching...props to the Brewers opponants this year http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

maybe Yost will miss having Ginter as a chit chat buddy in the dugout and get him out of the starting lineup so they can spend more quality innings together on the pine...Yost doesn't dislike Ginter, it has to actually be the exact opposite http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[DHonks]

actually, this game has me glued to my spot on the couch. Nothing like two pitchers going at it. If Ginter either makes a good throw OR doesn't bobble it, then it's a 1-0 game with both pitchers dealing.

 

Sheets with 96 pitches (70 strikes) entering the 8th.

 

105 pitches after 8 complete. If he wasn't leading off, he might have had a chance for a CG

[Frank Mallon]

Sheets is throwing 72.9% strikes. impressive. also just threw 96 in the 8th.

[NastyTwig]

Ben's problem is that he needs to pitch pissed off more often. The last time he did, he shut out the Astros after only lasting 3 innings the previous start.

[brewcrewkid14]

Hey is this what you consider a pitcher's duel MachMeister5. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/roll.gif

[tyguy20204]

I'd be angry too if I should have won the past three games if it weren't for horrible run support and misplays.

[PeaveyFury]

Can we PLEASE stop the Bob Brenierd experiment now and put us all out of our misery?

[RyDogg66]

Is Bill Hall in the Dog House?? Did he Piss Yost off?? WHy is he the new Enrique Cruz? Durrington the first guy off the bench?

 

Hmmmmmmmm

[JaNelson52]

Available pinch hitters to lead off the 8th:

 

Bill Hall - one of the hottest hitters on the team

Brady Clark

Junior Spivey (he IS supposed to be able to PH)

Brooks Kieschnick

Gary Bennett

Trent Durrington

 

Who does Yost pull off the bench?

 

Trent FRICKEN Durrington.

 

This infatuation with certain players just drives you crazy.

[RyDogg66]

Will the Brewers win a game this series?

[DHonks]

Trent FRICKEN Durrington.

 

Ben Sheets could have struck out, then pitched until someone reached base. But instead we went for the lethal duo of Durrington and Bennett

[tyguy20204]

Funny you mention an infatuation with players.

 

Cue Jeff Bennet's entry and subsequent two run homer.

 

Why is Yost obsessed with this guy?

 

He's been proven ineffective, and I would think that being a Rule 5 he would be used more sparingly.

 

Don't get me wrong, Sheets had to come out, but why Bennet?

[bucksbeat]

I don't think anyone can argue the obvious managerial error in pinch hitting Durrington.

[JaNelson52]

Don't get me wrong, Sheets had to come out, but why Bennet?

 

Yost thought, "Gee...even Trent Durrington can't get on base against Hernandez tonight. I guess this game is over."

[DHonks]

Ginter with 2 k's tonight, although in his third AB he took a two strike heater that tailed over the heart of the plate (I guess the ump gave up on it).

0-4 with 2 K's (should have been 3).

Helms 1-3 with his hit being a dribbler. Boy our 3rd basemen are slumping now

[mikerollins]

Sad to see my prediction come true......

 

As Ginter's playing time goes up.....

 

his batting average will plumet towards Wes Helms territory.

 

I said that after his first 5 starts he was 0 for 17 and was ridiculed for "sample size". Well about 3 weeks later he's batting .247. The guy is a bench player.

 

Also nice to see Counsell with 2 hits and Helms with 1 out of the 5 hits tonight to prove Yost right.

[endaround]

Overbay 0-4 with 2ks. Obviously he is slumping too.

[deeswan]

I would guess the big pro-Ginter crowd would be frustrated, seeing as how he has been Helms-like since getting the starting 2nd base job. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[RyDogg66]

so can we pencil deeswan and mikerollins into the anti-ginter crowd? That's fine. I still think that Keith is a better option for everyday play over Helms.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Sutton make me want to puke.

[Frank Mallon]

this makes Bennett's homerun look even worse.

[PeaveyFury]

Battle battle battle.

 

Battle.